Besides my Broadening Horizon reads and others that took my whims, I’ve dubbed this year my Chinese (Oriental) Fantasy year. In short, this year I am going to read up on all the key Chinese fantasy novels there are (those I’ve identified anyway). I might or might not branch into Japanese fantasy, hence the bracketContinue reading “Chinese (Oriental) Fantasy year”
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Moonlake’s Book Discovery- Dec 2018
I was going to do another book discovery back in Oct but then I decided I wanted to save it for end of the year so that I can do book discoveries in Mar, Jun etc. as opposed to odd months like this year. It appeals to my sense for order. Anyway, below is whatContinue reading “Moonlake’s Book Discovery- Dec 2018”
What I learnt from my Broadening Horizon Reads- 2018
My Broadening Horizon Reads this year are a YA vampire/werewolf fantasy and a chick lit. Both are genres I tend to stay away from and both are written in first person (the latter is more of coincidence than design though). Below are summaries of my main take-away from each of them: Silence Fallen by PatriciaContinue reading “What I learnt from my Broadening Horizon Reads- 2018”
Moonlake’s Book Discoveries- July 2018
Silence Fallen by Patricia Briggs So I’m not that much of a YA reader and I don’t tend to read urban fantasy at all but I picked up this book to do structural analysis for a writing course. I also consider this book as one of my Broadening Horizon reads this year. That aside, it’sContinue reading “Moonlake’s Book Discoveries- July 2018”
Moonlake’s Broadening Horizon Reads
This is a new commitment that I came up with this year, in hopes of advancing my writer’s craft. Specifically, it involves reserving 2 of my annual 20 reading slots for: 1) a book completely outside my usual genres of fantasy, mystery, historical fiction and any possible combos of the 3; 2) a book withinContinue reading “Moonlake’s Broadening Horizon Reads”
Moonlake’s Book Discoveries- April 2018 (2)
Other than the 2 books in the first half of this post, it was really another Christie splurge… Passenger to Frankfurt by Agatha Christie So apparently I had read it before and then picked it up again from my local library and I think it’s okay, I didn’t particularly like it but there’s nothing toContinue reading “Moonlake’s Book Discoveries- April 2018 (2)”
Moonlake’s Book Discoveries- April 2018 (1)
I clearly had enough of just light reading so I changed it up a little by branching out to a new sub-genre: historical fantasy. This coincided with my decision to join a historical fantasy book club on FB. The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley This wasn’t that engaging a read in that there’sContinue reading “Moonlake’s Book Discoveries- April 2018 (1)”
Moonlake’s Book Discoveries- January 2018 (2)
The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie This is one of the so-so books in my opinion from Christie. I don’t think it’s badly written per se but there’s just nothing to make it memorable for me. Death in the Clouds by Agatha Christie This book has all the necessary suspense attached to aContinue reading “Moonlake’s Book Discoveries- January 2018 (2)”
Moonlake’s Book Discoveries- January 2018 (1)
Bad girl me had left this series by the way-side for too long! But, to be honest, I haven’t been reading as much so I possibly could in the past, since reading does compete with my writing time. And I’ve also been doing more of what I consider light reading too. But that’s enough preamble,Continue reading “Moonlake’s Book Discoveries- January 2018 (1)”
Advanced Reading Review- Reapers of Soul and Magic
I’m doing something new, which is signing up to be an Advanced Reading Copy (ARC) reader for a debut novel which has already gone live at Amazon . Here’s a picture of the front and back covers. Below is my actual review which is already up on Amazon and Goodreads. I’m not big on stars since I don’t thinkContinue reading “Advanced Reading Review- Reapers of Soul and Magic”
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